bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) (05/16/91)
In article <ERIC.91May15104238@picard.sbi.com> eric@picard.sbi.com.ogi.edu writes:
Are there authentication utilities of some sort that will be part
of the SLIP distribution (wherever they're) so that no random site
can SLIP into one's local network ? Dial-back modems are really
not good enough though.
That's something that SLIP didn't provide, but has been addressed in
PPP's simple Password Authentication Protocol. If you're stuck with
SLIP then you'll need to roll your own solution for each case. Such
arrangements are typically based on login name, system password, etc.
Also, I want to know how IP packets are routed once they got to the
remote site.
That's the task of the host IP implementation. Neither SLIP nor PPP
know anything about routing.